Hi, I'm Jose 👋
Head of Platform & Solutions Architect | 25 years leading technology adoption
🎯 What I Do
I help companies modernize legacy systems and build scalable platforms with clear ROI and pragmatic architecture decisions.
Track record: 2001 online insurance pioneer (Spain) → 2025 platform engineering for critical 24x7 systems
🚀 Highlights
Recent Projects
- 🛠️ ai-diagrams-toolkit: Mermaid templates + semantic colors + AI integration for professional diagrams
- 💰 €98k savings: Google Workspace → Open Source stack (350 users, 9 tools) - Validated OpenDesk EU 2025
- 🎯 99.5% uptime: Critical aerial emergency systems (24x7, 5-person team)
- 📊 60-70% incident reduction: Systematic analysis + pragmatic improvements
Transformations Timeline
- 2001: 🏆 Pioneer online insurance Spain (FIRST quoter, before Rastreator) + Microsoft case study
- 2008: 🔓 Open source enterprise (Symfony 1.2 + ExtJS 2.2, cutting edge)
- 2015: ⚙️ Early DevOps adoption Spain (Ansible + automation, before mainstream)
- 2022: 👥 Organizational transformation (Team 0→4.5 FTE, Google→OSS)
- 2024: 🚁 Critical platform engineering (Avincis aerial emergencies, 99.5% uptime)
💡 My Approach
Pragmatism over hype:
- ✅ €190-280k documented savings by saying NO to overengineering
- ✅ Docker Swarm when K8s is overkill (€100-150k saved)
- ✅ Right-sizing architecture to team capacity (not resume-driven development)
Hands-on architect:
- ✅ Design on whiteboard AND debug at 3am
- ✅ Code reviews after 38 years programming
- ✅ Matrix org coordination (20-24 people across 4 vendor teams)
Testing-first:
- ✅ DDD/Hexagonal architectures
- ✅ CI/CD quality gates
- ✅ TDD advocacy
- ✅ With AI adoption, testing is more critical than ever
🛠️ Tech Stack
Platform: Docker Swarm (prod), Terraform, OpenStack, AWS
Observability: LGTM Stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo)
Data: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, NiFi, Airflow, Spark
Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Bash, PHP
CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions
🌟 Unique Background
- 🔬 Industrial Chemical Engineering (USC) - formal systems modeling
- 💼 CEO experience (SME during 2008 crisis) - business P&L understanding
- 📐 38 years programming (LOGO 1984 → Platform Engineering 2025)
- 🏆 2001 Pioneer: First online insurance Spain + Microsoft case study
📊 Organizational Impact
- Matrix org: 20-24 people coordinated (4 vendor teams)
- Infrastructure authority: 9-person team (Stellantis), 5-25 teams (Vodafone)
- Team building: 0→4.5 FTE in 6 months
- Hiring: 4 companies, 20+ years experience
🌐 Connect
📚 Currently
- Building ai-diagrams-toolkit (Mermaid + AI integration)
- Writing some technical articles
- Exploring next opportunity (Head of Platform, Principal Engineer roles)
24-year pattern: Detect transformative tech early, adopt pragmatically, scale in real organizations.
Zero catastrophic incidents in 25 years. Not by luck, by method.
- Last updated: 2025-11-16
- v1.0.0-alpha.4